CX lounge in CMB - worst ever?
Jan 8, 2017, 5:13 am
#18
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: HKG
Programs: BA(GGL) QF LTS CX AM, Hilton Diamond, PPL(A)
Posts: 1,654
Funny enough the other day I went to both the Serendib and the Lotus Lounge in search of a curry.
Found out the food was the same (Lotus was a smaller subset of the Serendib!) Think both lounges get their food from the same caterer lol...
Fwiw, food in Lotus and Aaraliyah are also the same - just the latter gets more crowded...
So yes, CMB lounges are well nothing to write about... Serendib is the best of the lot there, but still very basic (food though is actually quite good decent though... esp when they have a curry!)
PS: Op could have gone to the Serendib as a CX J Pax... staff will try to turn you away, but you need to tell them you want to be here under the oneworld policy
Found out the food was the same (Lotus was a smaller subset of the Serendib!) Think both lounges get their food from the same caterer lol...
Fwiw, food in Lotus and Aaraliyah are also the same - just the latter gets more crowded...
So yes, CMB lounges are well nothing to write about... Serendib is the best of the lot there, but still very basic (food though is actually quite good decent though... esp when they have a curry!)
PS: Op could have gone to the Serendib as a CX J Pax... staff will try to turn you away, but you need to tell them you want to be here under the oneworld policy
Jan 8, 2017, 5:40 am
#19
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: LCA/KUL/RGN
Programs: RJ Gold, AZ E+, Air Asia Platinum
Posts: 2,188
Funny enough the other day I went to both the Serendib and the Lotus Lounge in search of a curry.
Found out the food was the same (Lotus was a smaller subset of the Serendib!) Think both lounges get their food from the same caterer lol...
Fwiw, food in Lotus and Aaraliyah are also the same - just the latter gets more crowded...
So yes, CMB lounges are well nothing to write about... Serendib is the best of the lot there, but still very basic (food though is actually quite good decent though... esp when they have a curry!)
PS: Op could have gone to the Serendib as a CX J Pax... staff will try to turn you away, but you need to tell them you want to be here under the oneworld policy
Found out the food was the same (Lotus was a smaller subset of the Serendib!) Think both lounges get their food from the same caterer lol...
Fwiw, food in Lotus and Aaraliyah are also the same - just the latter gets more crowded...
So yes, CMB lounges are well nothing to write about... Serendib is the best of the lot there, but still very basic (food though is actually quite good decent though... esp when they have a curry!)
PS: Op could have gone to the Serendib as a CX J Pax... staff will try to turn you away, but you need to tell them you want to be here under the oneworld policy
I also agree on the food. It is very good in both Serendib and Serendiva (it's the same menu actually across UL,Araliya and Lotus lounges).
Jan 8, 2017, 7:16 am
#21
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NYC/SIN
Programs: CX DM, SQ KF
Posts: 2,169
Happy to be wrong, but I do disagree. The 2 Sernd's are UL run and Lotus/Araliya are run by the Airport Authority SL- which while quite 'the same' are different entities (the saree the ladies wear has oh so minute differences!). On more than one occasion, having loaded myself up on curry during the SL stay, I've snuck into the Lotus lounge for a last minute fix of devilled dishes which the UL lounges didn't have. The booze selection is also quite different.
(30 odd exCMB departures in the last couple of years here.)
(30 odd exCMB departures in the last couple of years here.)
Jan 8, 2017, 11:49 pm
#22
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: HKG
Programs: BA(GGL) QF LTS CX AM, Hilton Diamond, PPL(A)
Posts: 1,654
Happy to be wrong, but I do disagree. The 2 Sernd's are UL run and Lotus/Araliya are run by the Airport Authority SL- which while quite 'the same' are different entities (the saree the ladies wear has oh so minute differences!). On more than one occasion, having loaded myself up on curry during the SL stay, I've snuck into the Lotus lounge for a last minute fix of devilled dishes which the UL lounges didn't have. The booze selection is also quite different.
(30 odd exCMB departures in the last couple of years here.)
(30 odd exCMB departures in the last couple of years here.)
Menu in the Lotus was same as Serendib (smaller subset, but same dishes). I never observed it before, only this time as i wondering if any of the lounges had a curry.
I'll be there in 2 weeks, may check it out again...
Jan 9, 2017, 2:35 am
#24
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: CX DM, SPG Platinum, Amex SPG, Chase CSR, Citi TYP
Posts: 64
Been to the CX lounge in DAC? At least the CX lounge in CMB is comparable to some Admiral Lounges in the US. The Plaza Premium Lounge that CX uses in DEL is the same, if not worse.
Jan 9, 2017, 5:06 am
#25
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: AFC
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 281
For the next few months, you will be grateful to be waiting in a lounge in CMB. Expect lengthy delays and chaos while CMB repairs its runway till 6 Apr
I've got a 7.40am flight from CMB in a couple of months (on UL in J) and I REALLY don't want to have to arrive at the airport at 2.40am!
Jan 9, 2017, 5:14 am
#26
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: LCA/KUL/RGN
Programs: RJ Gold, AZ E+, Air Asia Platinum
Posts: 2,188
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/26889035-post3.html
Jan 9, 2017, 5:25 am
#27
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: CX DM, SPG Platinum, Amex SPG, Chase CSR, Citi TYP
Posts: 64
I guess everything is better than the RJ Domestic lounge in AMM used for the two daily flights.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/26889035-post3.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/26889035-post3.html
Jan 9, 2017, 5:30 am
#28
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: LCA/KUL/RGN
Programs: RJ Gold, AZ E+, Air Asia Platinum
Posts: 2,188
You mean this one? (this is what oneworld lounge finder shows for DAC)
https://www.prioritypass.com/en/Loun...ecutive-Lounge
It looks like pure luxury in comparison to RJ Domestic.
https://www.prioritypass.com/en/Loun...ecutive-Lounge
It looks like pure luxury in comparison to RJ Domestic.
Jan 9, 2017, 5:57 am
#29
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: CX DM, SPG Platinum, Amex SPG, Chase CSR, Citi TYP
Posts: 64
You mean this one? (this is what oneworld lounge finder shows for DAC)
https://www.prioritypass.com/en/Loun...ecutive-Lounge
It looks like pure luxury in comparison to RJ Domestic.
https://www.prioritypass.com/en/Loun...ecutive-Lounge
It looks like pure luxury in comparison to RJ Domestic.
Last edited by Safetravel3; Jan 9, 2017 at 6:05 am
Jan 9, 2017, 6:23 am
#30
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: LCA/KUL/RGN
Programs: RJ Gold, AZ E+, Air Asia Platinum
Posts: 2,188
Yes, the famous Ruposhi Bangla Hotel lounge. I think SQ used it too. But the place was pretty awful when you actually see it, not to mention the mosquitos at the airport and smell of urine on the staircase to the second floor where the lounges are located. To digress just a little, I think that no place beats the mosquitos at DAC. I remember the SQ and CX ladies were waving their electric mosquito zappers at the cabin door while welcoming the passengers onboard - quite a sight. Regardless, RJ domestic lounge looks pretty bad.
I think in these kind of airports/lounges it's better for airlines to issue vouchers to their premium pax.